In this paper we propose a multidisciplinary approach concerning the tower of Mongialino in Mineo (Sicily), which is a unique case in Sicily of a cylindrical tower with an inner cylindrical nucleus. The vestiges of the dungeon rise on a rock promontory that dominates the valley of Margi, a site that has great landscape and territorial value. The building is affected by important collapses and lesions, and urgently requires a safeguard intervention that requires a deep knowledge and understanding of the construction. The first step of this process is a suitable documentation and representation of the cylindrical shape and its towering position. The peculiarity of the object requires the integrated use of current technologies of surveying able to provide a metrically-accurate three-dimensional model. The second step is the critic reading of the technological, typological and material elements that constitutes the constructive apparatus of the building (masonry, ribs, ring-like vault), and the geometric analysis addressed at the virtual reconstruction of the original shape.
Titolo: | Understanding and conserving fortified and difficult to access architectures through digital surveying: a case history in southern Sicily. |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11769/80919 |
ISBN: | 978-1-4666-8379-2 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio) |